Subject: Re: OpenSSL
To: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
From: Charlie Allom <charlie@myinternet.com.au>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/14/2003 14:35:13
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 02:43:39PM -0500, John Klos wrote:
> Was there ever a reason given for why pkgsrc OpenSSL is now required for
> many packages when the system OpenSSL is new enough?

I'd imagine it's so dependencies on OpenSSL updates can be tracked and
updated, without worrying about your potentially insecure base SSL ?

Regards,
  C.
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